Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - BHP Group Limited

Barclays PLC
08 May 2024
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 relevant securities this form relates:

BHP GROUP LTD

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

BHP GROUP LTD

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

07 May 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:

 ANGLO AMERICAN PLC

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

 

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

Ordinary NPV


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

8,085,611

0.16%

6,182,447

0.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,812,117

0.09%

5,169,776

0.10%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

12,897,728

0.25%

11,352,223

0.22%

 








(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

 which subscription right exists

 

Details, including nature of the rights

 concerned and relevant percentages:

 

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

295147

23.0400  GBP

22.7300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

410603

23.0400  GBP

22.7300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

367547

43.4200  AUD

28.8974  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

174817

43.4200  AUD

28.8974  AUD

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

247

529.9365  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,436

531.8360  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,751

528.1244  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,036

43.3494  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,664

43.2371  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,816

532.8094  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

9,331

43.4200  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,092

531.8032  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,612

532.1718  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,492

531.8752  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,933

532.8300  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

27,025

532.9900  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

27,521

530.8953  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40

22.7800  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

62

22.7551  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64

22.9998  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

78

22.9346  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

691

22.9483  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

758

22.7350  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,014

22.9546  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,231

22.9577  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,800

22.9489  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,834

22.9408  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,000

22.9868  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,436

531.8360  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,741

22.9365  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,821

22.9400  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,854

23.0068  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,879

22.8961  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,071

22.9469  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,138

22.9621  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,203

22.9398  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

8,044

22.8447  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,181

22.8516  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,618

22.9479  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,092

531.8032  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,982

22.9467  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,050

22.9274  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,069

532.9900  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,492

531.8752  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,521

530.7361  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,000

22.8178  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

37,133

22.8976  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

40,668

22.9396  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

67,594

22.9099  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

67

22.7600  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

247

529.7908  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,429

531.2179  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,751

527.9792  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

2,977

43.2619  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

3,000

43.3630  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

5,816

532.6629  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

6,607

43.3430  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

10,612

532.0254  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

11,890

532.7768  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

21,933

532.6835  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

38,022

531.6042  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

41,805

43.4165  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

43,897

43.4200  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

27

22.9500  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

66

22.9800  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

138

22.9262  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

190

22.9606  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

209

22.9603  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

255

22.9540  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

279

22.9400  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

567

22.7855  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

705

22.8120  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

920

22.9526  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,429

531.2179  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,433

22.9697  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

8,044

22.9700  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

10,987

22.9160  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,010

22.8424  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

32,884

22.9411  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

38,022

531.7637  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

40,215

22.9290  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

43,327

22.8766  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Opening Long

66

532.9900  ZAR

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 applicable)

 

 

 

 

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

 formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by

 the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

 to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

 the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

 (i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

 (ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

 any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

08 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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